Emerging investigator series: air conditioning filters as a
sampler for semi-volatile organic compounds in indoor and
near-building air

J 2020

Emerging investigator series: air conditioning filters as a sampler for semi-volatile organic compounds in indoor and near-building air

JÍLKOVÁ, Simona Rozárka, Lisa Emily MELYMUK and Jana KLÁNOVÁ

Basic information

Original name

Emerging investigator series: air conditioning filters as a sampler for semi-volatile organic compounds in indoor and near-building air

Authors

JÍLKOVÁ, Simona Rozárka (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Lisa Emily MELYMUK (124 Canada, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Jana KLÁNOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts, Cambridge, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020, 2050-7887

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10511 Environmental sciences

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 4.238

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/20:00114763

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0em00284d

UT WoS

000599425400003

Keywords in English

Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers; Hexabromocyclododecane; Tribromodiphenyl Ether 28

Abstract

V originále

Organic compounds like flame retardants (FRs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are consistently found in both indoor and outdoor environments. There are many possible matrices for measurement of these compounds (e.g. indoor dust, air - passive and active air samples), but all methods have limitations, like the heterogeneous distribution of indoor dust, or noisy active air samplers. We used filters from building-wide heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) units to evaluate levels of PAHs, PCBs, OCPs and NFRs in indoor and outdoor environments, and to evaluate whether this method is feasible for screening semivolatile organic compounds (SVOCs) in indoor and near-building outdoor environments. Detectable levels of FRs, PCBs, OCPs and PAHs were found, demonstrating that HVAC filters do collect SVOCs, with generally higher levels of PAHs in the incoming air filters and higher levels of PCBs, OCPs and FRs in the outgoing air filters. Levels of FRs, PCBs and OCPs in outgoing air were comparable to those measured using conventional active air sampling in the same building. The advantages of using HVAC filters are (1) integrated and homogeneous samples, as the whole building is sampled over typically a long timescale (months), and (2) samples are easy and cheap to collect and do not require prior deployment of samplers. The key disadvantage is that HVAC filters are not designed for analytical chemistry and thus the filter materials can have variable or unknown gas sorption and particle capture, and can have strong matrix effects during analysis.

Links

GA19-20479S, research and development project

Name: Prach jako významný zdroj expozice člověka endokrinním disruptorům ve vnitřním protředí

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

LM2018121, research and development project

Name: Výzkumná infrastruktura RECETOX (Acronym: RECETOX RI)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, RECETOX RI

Citovat

JÍLKOVÁ, Simona Rozárka, Lisa Emily MELYMUK and Jana KLÁNOVÁ. Emerging investigator series: air conditioning filters as a sampler for semi-volatile organic compounds in indoor and near-building air. Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts. Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020, vol. 22, No 12, p. 2322-2331. ISSN 2050-7887. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0em00284d.

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JÍLKOVÁ, Simona Rozárka, Lisa Emily MELYMUK and Jana KLÁNOVÁ. Emerging investigator series: air conditioning filters as a sampler for semi-volatile organic compounds in indoor and near-building air. \textit{Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts}. Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020, vol.~22, No~12, p.~2322-2331. ISSN~2050-7887. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0em00284d.

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